Big Mound City
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Big Mound City is a major prehistoric earthwork complex in South Florida, notable for its large mounds and geometric layout associated with the Belle Glade culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Big Mound City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3697483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Mound City Context triple: [Belle Glade culture, hasSite, Big Mound City]
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A.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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B.
Cornfield Mound
Cornfield Mound is an ancient Native American earthwork located within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture.
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C.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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D.
Mound City Group
Mound City Group is a major Hopewell culture archaeological site in Ohio, known for its large concentration of geometric earthworks and burial mounds.
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E.
Angel Mounds
Angel Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Indiana that preserves the remains of a large Mississippian culture town and its earthen platform mounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Mound City Target entity description: Big Mound City is a major prehistoric earthwork complex in South Florida, notable for its large mounds and geometric layout associated with the Belle Glade culture.
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A.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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B.
Cornfield Mound
Cornfield Mound is an ancient Native American earthwork located within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture.
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C.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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D.
Mound City Group
Mound City Group is a major Hopewell culture archaeological site in Ohio, known for its large concentration of geometric earthworks and burial mounds.
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E.
Angel Mounds
Angel Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Indiana that preserves the remains of a large Mississippian culture town and its earthen platform mounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
mound complex ⓘ prehistoric earthwork complex ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionEnd | second millennium CE ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionStart | first millennium CE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
artifacts of Belle Glade culture
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mound stratigraphy ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Belle Glade culture ⓘ |
| constructedFrom | earth ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Late Prehistoric period
ⓘ
Woodland period ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | professional archaeologists in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| environment | Everglades-related wetland landscape ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
regional gathering place ⓘ settlement area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
borrow pits
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causeways ⓘ geometric layout ⓘ large earthwork mounds ⓘ linear embankments ⓘ platform mounds ⓘ plazas ⓘ |
| hasShape | geometric earthwork pattern ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places listing
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linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
|
| locatedIn |
Palm Beach County, Florida
ⓘ
South Florida ⓘ |
| management | protected as an archaeological resource ⓘ |
| near | Lake Okeechobee ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex geometric arrangement of mounds and embankments
ⓘ
scale of earthworks in a wetland environment ⓘ |
| NRHPType | archaeological site ⓘ |
| partOf |
Belle Glade archaeological area
ⓘ
linked to:
Everglades-Glades archaeological area
|
| region |
Southeast United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| researchTopic |
prehistoric engineering in the Everglades region
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social organization of the Belle Glade culture ⓘ |
| significance |
largest known Belle Glade culture earthwork complex
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major prehistoric ceremonial center in the Lake Okeechobee region ⓘ |
| terrain | low-lying wetland area ⓘ |
| threat |
environmental degradation
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looting ⓘ |
| usedFor |
regional interaction and exchange
ⓘ
residential occupation ⓘ ritual activities ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Big Mound City Description of subject: Big Mound City is a major prehistoric earthwork complex in South Florida, notable for its large mounds and geometric layout associated with the Belle Glade culture.
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